“When a person stands, then he adopts a way of respect. When a slave stands in front of his master, he always stands with his hands folded.” (Malfuzat (10 vol. edition), vol. 9, pp. 110)
“The Salat taught by Islam is only its reflection. The standing of the spirit signifies that it shows readiness to suffer every hardship and to obey every command for the sake of God.” (Lecture Sialkot, pp. 33)
“When a person stands to praise and glorify God, this posture is known as Qiyam or ‘the standing position.’ Now, everyone knows that the standing position is the physical state best suited for praise and glorification. After all, when eulogies are recited before kings, they are done so whilst standing. And so, in the Prayer, the apparent posture prescribed is the standing position, while the tongue is instructed to praise and glorify God in this state. The purpose in this is so that man stands before Allah the Exalted in the spiritual sense as well. Praise is expressed by standing firm on one point. A person who truthfully and sincerely praises someone, stands firm on one view. Therefore, an individual who says: “All praise belongs to Allah” can only sincerely proclaim these words when they develop a firm belief in the fact that Allah Almighty is the Possessor of all forms of praise in totality. When a person accepts this fact with complete open-heartedness, this is known as Qiyam or ‘standing’ in the spiritual sense, because the heart begins to ‘stand’ firm in this belief, as though it were upright, so to speak. Therefore, in the Prayer, a person stands demonstrating an apparent state, so that they may be blessed with the ability to ‘stand’ in the spiritual sense.” (Malfuzat (English), vol. 2, pp. 148)
“Man is required to stand in the presence of God Almighty and standing is also from among the etiquettes of servants.” (Malfuzat (English), vol. 1, pp. 161)
“The Prayer starts with Takbir-i-Taḥrimah, i.e. the Imam raises both hands to the level of his earlobes and says Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest). … After raising his hands to the lobes of his ears and reciting Allahu Akbar, the Imam lowers his hands and folds them on his chest so that the right arm is over his left arm.” (Salat-The Muslim Prayer Book, pp. 32, 33)